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Las Quintas 2017 | Fuentes del Silencio | León | Vinaris
  • Las Quintas 2017 | Fuentes del Silencio | León | Vinaris
  • Las Quintas 2017 | Fuentes del Silencio | León | Vinaris

Las Quintas 2017 | Fuentes del Silencio

27.50 €
100/100
(1 review)


      



Las Quintas 2017 | Fuentes del Silencio | León | Vinaris
Las Quintas 2017 | Fuentes del Silencio
27.50 €
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Fuentes del Silencio, Herreros de Jamuz (León). Las Quintas comes from vineyards on the northern moor of the Jamuz Valley. Very poor, predominantly silty-sandy soils. Altitude and exposure to the cold air currents of Monte Teleno create high thermal contrast and strong sunshine. 85% Mencía, 13% Alicante Bouschet and 2% Palomino.

Hand-harvested in 15 kg crates with manual sorting in the vineyard. Vatted crate by crate with 75% whole bunches in French oak frustoconical vats, with minimal sulphur doses to allow native yeast fermentation. Maceration of 40 days. After alcoholic fermentation, gentle pressing and transfer to 500 L barrels for malolactic fermentation and 14 months ageing.

Wine Identification
The 2017 Las Quintas is a red wine produced by the Fuentes del Silencio winery, located in Herreros de Jamuz, León. It comes from the Castilla y León region of Spain.

Origin and Winemaking
The grapes for this wine are sourced from vineyards situated on the northern páramo of the Valle del Jamuz. The site is characterized by very poor, fundamentally loamy-sandy soils. The climate is defined by cold currents from Monte Teleno, which create a high thermal contrast alongside intense solar radiation.

The blend consists of 85% Mencía, 13% Alicante Bouschet (Garnacha Tintorera), and 2% Palomino. Harvesting is conducted manually using 15 kg boxes, with individual selection performed directly in the vineyard. Vinification takes place in conical French oak vats, utilizing native yeasts and minimal sulfur dioxide. The vats are filled box by box with 75% whole clusters, and maceration lasts 40 days. Following alcoholic fermentation, gentle pressing is applied before the wine is transferred to 500-liter barrels for malolactic fermentation and an aging period of 14 months.

Tasting Profile
The nose is described as complex, expressive, spicy, mineral, balsamic, and reminiscent of mountain herbs. On the palate, the wine presents as elegant, full-bodied, long, and persistent. Specific to the 2017 vintage, critics note a more Mediterranean and riper profile resulting from a warm, dry year with spring frost that led to an early harvest. The oak integration is noted as improved compared to previous vintages, contributing to a harmonious structure with fine tannins, clean focused flavors, and a polished finish.

Critical Reception
The 2017 Las Quintas has received high acclaim from major guides:
Guía Peñín: 94 points
 The Wine Advocate (Parker): 92 points

The Wine Advocate’s review highlights that while the nose may evolve, the wine is particularly harmonious on the palate. It notes the wine is more polished and ready for consumption than the 2016 vintage, with only 1,500 bottles filled in March 2019.

Overall Character
Las Quintas stands as a refined expression of León’s high-altitude terroir, balancing structural elegance with the ripe, full-bodied character typical of warmer vintages.

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sep 26, 2022

Gran vino

Sorprendente este Fuentes del Silencio las Quintas

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PEÑÍN: 94

COLOR: Cereza

AROMA: complejo, expresivo, especiado, mineral, balsámico, hierbas de monte

BOCA: elegante, lleno, largo, persistente

PARKER: 92

"2017 was a low-yielding, warm and dry year marked by spring frost that resulted in an early harvest and wines that show a more Mediterranean and riper profile, like this 2017 Las Quintas. The oak is a lot better integrated than in 2016, and despite the difficulties of the year, the wine is quite harmonious, especially on the palate, where it really matters, as the nose is going to change. It's medium to full-bodied and has fine tannins, clean and focused flavors and a clean, long and tasty finish. It's more polished and more ready than the 2016 was. 1,500 bottles were filled in March 2019."

vinaris: 95

Barely 2,000 bottles made in 2017 due to the severe frosts that drastically reduced the yields in this vintage. We believe that it is to date the best version of this wine. Deep, complex, silky, with tannins but soft signatures. Very limited quantity.

Learn more about Fuentes del Silencio

Some of these vines are planted over a former Roman gold working, and particles of gold still turn up in the water of the Jamuz.

The winery was set up by Miguel Ángel Alonso and María José Galera in 2013 in Herreros de Jamuz, in the south of the province of León, and it belongs to Grandes Pagos de España.

What they do is bring old vineyard back: hundred-year-old vines, some of them pre-phylloxera, and the varieties of the district — mencía, prieto picudo, alicante bouschet, gran negro, palomino and doña blanca. There are 30 hectares spread across more than a hundred micro-plots, farmed organically.

The cellar is a traditional Leonese building dug into the rock, surrounded by its own vines.

Las Quintas comes from the northern moor of the valley, on very poor silt and sand, where the cold currents off Monte Teleno give the widest day-to-night temperature swing in the area. It is picked by hand into 15-kilo crates, vatted crate by crate with 75% whole clusters in frustoconical French oak vats, macerates 40 days with native yeast and ages 14 months in 500-litre barrels.

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